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Besides, your secretaries are doing their jobs well. So you don't have to worry about the workload you've left while staying in the hospital. And I'm sure that resting here for a few more days won't bankrupt your art gallery. "

I didn't argue anymore because I knew I couldn't force Mommy to do what I wanted to happen.

"Alright. But I'll only rest for tomorrow's mom. Please, I want to work. To at least forget about the accident." I pleaded.

Finally, Mommy just sighed.

Dad even interrupted, only to suggest something I didn't expect he'd say.

"I think your daughter is right. She also needs to have fun, "he said. But why work? Why don't we let her have a vacation instead? What do you think? "

I still thought that I was on his side and would help convince Mommy.

I just scratched my forehead.

What did I expect? Mom nodded.

Sign that she agreed with Dad's suggestion.

"That's a good idea. Your godmother, Emilia, has a nice resort. Why don't you stay there while you rest?"

It's nice there, son. I'm sure you'll enjoy and relax at the same time. "Alright." I sighed heavily in defeat. Maybe they're right.

Maybe I need to take a vacation first. I've been experiencing weird things lately. Maybe I just need to relax to get rid of my weird thoughts.

Besides, they're all in my head.

They weren't real.

All my thoughts are not true because it is impossible.

The next day, I had nothing to do, so I decided to just read a book.

The mellow music playing on my headphones is making me hum a bit.

Slightly slouching on my seat, tapping the open book using my fingertips, I let the solemn moment creep into the almost empty study room.

I'm the only one here now without my older brother. Mama and papa are always out of town for business meetings. I just came back, but they have to go there even if they want to stay here to watch over me.

It's not that I still need full-time care. I'm not a child anymore.

I can manage.

I sighed at the thought of it. My older brother and I are used to this all the time. We don't feel much.

We're both mature enough to understand things like that.

Besides, it's also for business that we have long taken care of all the departures when they leave home. It is also for the future of our family.

There has been no update on the accident, and it has not yet been determined who is to blame.

That's why Mom and Dad went out of town to find someone better.

Someone who can investigate the incident better than the cops handling my case.

Moments later, two consecutive knocks interrupted my quiet reading and listening to music.

I slouched in my seat and shifted to the door's direction.

"Who's there?" I asked lazily.

Slightly amplified to be heard by anyone knocking.

"I said, who's there?" I repeated it without hearing an answer.

I realized maybe there was an answer, but I didn't hear it because of the music. I quickly turned it off first and put my cellphone to one side.

I didn't have to do it again because the door opened on its own. My older brother looked at it with a tray in his right hand while his dog was dragging on the other side.